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Rep. McDermott talked about the administration’s Social Security plan that would use the Social Security surplus to pay down the national debt, health care, and the federal budget. He also r…

Witnesses testified about President Clinton’s Social security plan. Among the issues they discussed were using budget surpluses to strengthen the system, Medicare reform, and ensuring the in…

The House will debate H.R. 3196, the foreign operations appropriations bill, and H.R. 3075, a bill to amend the Social Security Act.

Witnesses testified regarding the effect on Medicare as a result of the Balanced Budget Act. Government officials talked about the President’s Medicare reform plan and how under the existing…

The House debated and voted on two bills.

There are “squeezed” programs aired during this House session. See the programs for airings: 124814-1, 124825-1, 124824-1, 124821-1, 124822-1, 124818-1, 124816-1.

The House debated the use of Social Security funds for other federal programs.

The United States House of Representatives passed $15 billion in Fiscal Year 1999 emergency supplemental spending. Afterwords they transitioned into a period of Special Order Speeches.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened and passed a Water Projects bill with a vote of 360-5, and a Preventing Child Abuse bill.

Members debated various measures concerning military action against Serbian forces in Yugoslavia. They voted 290-139 not to withdraw U.S. forces from the region. They voted 427-2 against a f…

The House debated a resolution to condemn the Columbine school shooting that took place a week earlier. Also on the agenda was a bill changing how satellite broadcast providers can rebroadca…

The U.S. House of Representatives met for legislative business included works concerning the 2000 census and worked on the fiscal year 2000 budget resolution.